03/25/2010 03:30 PM Senate RESOURCES

           SR  10-DOMESTIC NATURAL GAS & ALT. ENERGY                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
4:45:38 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR MCGUIRE  announced the  next order  of business  to come                                                               
before the committee was SR 10.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
AMY SEITZ,  aide to Senator Wagoner,  said SR 10 sends  a message                                                               
to  Washington  DC that  the  Alaska  state senate  realizes  the                                                               
importance  of  producing  domestic  natural gas  to  lessen  our                                                               
dependence on foreign oil. SR 10  also sends the message that the                                                               
senate  recognizes  the   importance  of  developing  alternative                                                               
energy sometime in the future.  The third point of the resolution                                                               
is the senate's request to  have state and federal agencies start                                                               
transferring vehicles over  to those that can  eventually be used                                                               
with compressed natural gas.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR WAGONER  added that any  natural gas use that  Alaska can                                                               
encourage creates more room for Alaska gas.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR MCGUIRE said  SR 10 is right on the  money. Previous use                                                               
of compressed  natural gas would  have reduced our  dependence on                                                               
foreign oil.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR WAGONER wanted to say on  the record that he "stole about                                                               
half  of  this from  a  previous  resolution written  by  Senator                                                               
Dyson".                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR MCGUIRE said we should  have the best compressed natural                                                               
gas vehicles in the world.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR HUGGINS  said Senator Wagoner  understated the  impact if                                                               
we really followed  through with SR 10  operationally. He thanked                                                               
Senator Wagoner for bringing SR 10 forward.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR   MCGUIRE   noted   that   our   state   Department   of                                                               
Transportation has been asked, in  the energy omnibus, to look at                                                               
this issue and lead by example.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:49:04 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI  moved to report  SR 10 from  committee with                                                               
individual recommendations and no  attached fiscal note(s). There                                                               
being no objection, the motion carried.